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i joined teach for america. that's the reason i'm here. >>> so there wasn't really a lot of loud reaction from republicans to the announcement this week that the meeting with putin would be canceled but i did notice this. this was john boehner's office was contacted for comment and spokesman said the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment from the first term, the reset has just collapsed. seemed like a little gloating was going on over there. tom, i guess what i wanted to ask you about, there seems to be -- there is a split. we've talked about this in the republican party, increasingly on foreign policy questions, where you've got the win that was dominant in the bush era, the hawkish wing, and the insurgent rand paul noninterventionist side of thing. the more hawkish forces see an opening on the republican side and national debate, if we're not talking to putin anymore, maybe this an-s an opening to act unilaterally on missile defense. i wonder if you have a sense on where that is. >> our party has
i joined teach for america. that's the reason i'm here. >>> so there wasn't really a lot of loud reaction from republicans to the announcement this week that the meeting with putin would be canceled but i did notice this. this was john boehner's office was contacted for comment and spokesman said the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment from the first term, the reset has just collapsed. seemed like a little gloating was going on over there. tom, i guess what i wanted to...
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>> america would like to believe that the question of color is not an issue and that racism is dead. and i, i think there's other ways besides talk about it on your program. we are going to have to do to have people recognize. until we recognize the depth of racism in this country, we have to have the problem. you have to look at it and you have to deal with it. but, as becoming a senator, white or black, it is so difficult. with you throw that race into it, you can almost make it impossible. first of all, you have to wait 6, 12, 18 years for a vacancy. and if the spouse happens to be attractive and there's an early death or something, the way things are changing and because of the cost of being elected, spouses somehow can get appointed. once you're appointed, that's 50% of the problem, getting re-elected. the other thing is the costs of running. it is now pretty well accepted that you have to start off being a millionaire. no matter how much of trying to avoid the impetment of color and becoming a millionaire, i think statistics would show that black folks have just not been able t
>> america would like to believe that the question of color is not an issue and that racism is dead. and i, i think there's other ways besides talk about it on your program. we are going to have to do to have people recognize. until we recognize the depth of racism in this country, we have to have the problem. you have to look at it and you have to deal with it. but, as becoming a senator, white or black, it is so difficult. with you throw that race into it, you can almost make it...
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a lot of the conversation we're having about race in america right now. that conversation about that fear of african-american violence that was so fundamental that that's something that's going on now. interesting that there are political changes that you were talking about with tribalism and african-american males are in is similar in terms of what people, public perception, i think, in some cases. >> you can link that to what happened after the george zimmerman verdict. there was this expectation of violence and riots and so the cops are on guard for this. this is what happened during the march where they kept the courts open all night and didn't serve alcohol that day. a big concern that there were these huge violent riots and the same assumptions a month ago with the zimmerman verdict. >> let's take a look at "meet the press" more of mlk. this is him talking about social equality. >> i think that we must face the fact that in reality you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. i think this is inevitable
a lot of the conversation we're having about race in america right now. that conversation about that fear of african-american violence that was so fundamental that that's something that's going on now. interesting that there are political changes that you were talking about with tribalism and african-american males are in is similar in terms of what people, public perception, i think, in some cases. >> you can link that to what happened after the george zimmerman verdict. there was this...
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an america in which middle class incomes, not middle class taxes, are going up. an america, yes, in which the wealthiest few, those making over $200,000 a year are asked to pay for their fair share. >> he won that election and then he made that promise the cornerstone of his budget, income tax on the top 1.2% of earners, the creation of a new tax bracket, 39.6% for highest incomes. he said it would help tame deficits that exploded in the reagan and bush 41 ears. ross perot made it the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, and won 20% of the vote, despite being kind of crazy. little enthusiasm for the budget clinton drew up. plenty of democrats were nervous about endorsing a tax hike and among republicans unanimous opposition because republicans were coming off a civil war of taxes. a civil war that had broken out when bush 41 cut a deal with democrats to raise them in 1990. by 1993 the anti-tax side on the fight was claiming vindication. 1993 was also the first time in 12 years democrats controlled the white house. the gop had grown far more conservative in t
an america in which middle class incomes, not middle class taxes, are going up. an america, yes, in which the wealthiest few, those making over $200,000 a year are asked to pay for their fair share. >> he won that election and then he made that promise the cornerstone of his budget, income tax on the top 1.2% of earners, the creation of a new tax bracket, 39.6% for highest incomes. he said it would help tame deficits that exploded in the reagan and bush 41 ears. ross perot made it the...
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first thing people all over the world think of when they think of america. right now for the first time in 12 years, electing a new leader. on top of that campaign has become the most wild, unpredictable and just plain fun race taking place in the country anywhere this year. let's try to understand exactly what is going on how the race is taking shape. two questions hovering over it. does weiner have a chance of coming back and winning? if he doesn't, who will be the next mayor of new york? this is why god invented numbers. we do have some clues. most recent poll for the democratic primary. so, our first question is about weiner. there he is at fourth place at 16%. two ways of looking at this. the first is that it is a steep drop. in first place before his latest troubles and now sunk to fourth and maybe just a start. maybe weiner will drop farther in the next poll and phase out of this race. another way of looking at it, from all he has been through, 16% isn't that bad. remember, new york has runoffs. if no one gets 40% in the september 10th primary, the to
first thing people all over the world think of when they think of america. right now for the first time in 12 years, electing a new leader. on top of that campaign has become the most wild, unpredictable and just plain fun race taking place in the country anywhere this year. let's try to understand exactly what is going on how the race is taking shape. two questions hovering over it. does weiner have a chance of coming back and winning? if he doesn't, who will be the next mayor of new york?...
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to me we're getting to a ridiculous point in america. i live in a state where pension funds, unions and other things are investing in things like bain capital. if you look at the totality of bain capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. this to me, i'm very uncomfortable. this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. >> this is what i'm really interested to see happen with cory booker. if you remember, the after nan of ma -- cory booker is generally an unflappable, super smart, super quick politician. in the aftermath of that he was totally unprepared for what he got hit with. >> a several-minute explainer video. >> the hostage video. >> he didn't expect it. >> the republicans actually coined a term bookered because you didn't see much of him on the national stage in terms of helping the president run for re-electi re-election. at the same time he said he's not going along with the obama line. >> this is an ambitious guy. videos like that aren't going to help him in the democratic primary. t
to me we're getting to a ridiculous point in america. i live in a state where pension funds, unions and other things are investing in things like bain capital. if you look at the totality of bain capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. this to me, i'm very uncomfortable. this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. >> this is what i'm really interested to see happen with cory booker. if you remember, the after nan of ma -- cory booker is...